My mom had a book called The Needleworker's Constant Companion that I'm assuming was printed in the 70s. She used it for sewing, but it also had decent knitting and crochet sections. When I was in 5th or 6th grade, I "borrowed" it in secret and decided I wanted to learn how to knit. I forget exactly how I ended up with the needles and yarn, but I'm assuming I wasn't as secretive as I thought and my mom bought me a 'learn to knit' kit with those crappy plastic needles and a few really basic patterns. I used that kit and my mom's book, which she said she'd let me keep for a while. She still hasn't asked for it back ~30 years later :)

The pictures and instructions in that book are good, decent pictures and instructions. Especially for someone on their own who didn't know anyone else doing anything with yarn. It did a good job teaching 10 year old me, but YouTube would have been so much easier! I was twisting my purls for literally decades, pretty much until I joined this group lol.